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Dominic Raab in the news

He went to Dr Challoner’s Grammar School and studied law at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and a Masters at Cambridge, winning the Clive Parry Prize for International Law.

His political career took off in 2015 when he starting serving as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Human Rights) at the Ministry of Justice from 2015.

New Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab (Image: UGC TMS)

He was then made Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice from June 12 2017 to January 9 2018. From here he was made Minister of State for Housing at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government where he served until today (July 9), before being appointed Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.

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Before politics Mr Raab started his career as a business lawyer at City law firm Linklaters, working on project finance, international litigation and competition law. He also spent time on secondments at Liberty (the human rights NGO) and in Brussels advising on EU and WTO law.

He later worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 2000 and 2006 on a range of issues from investor protection to war crimes policy.

In January 2009, Mr Raab published his first book, The Assault on Liberty – What Went Wrong with Rights (Fourth Estate), criticising Labour’s approach to human rights and making the case for British Bill of Rights.

Outside work, the MP holds a black belt 3rd Dan in karate (former UK Southern Regions champion and British squad member). According to his website he still trains at his local boxing club, The Foley ABC.

Mr Raab is married to Erika. They live in Thames Ditton with their two sons, Peter and Joshua.

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David Davis has warned the UK is giving "too much away, too easily" in its exit talks with the EU, but has backed Theresa May to remain Prime Minister after his dramatic resignation rocked her premiership and made the way for Mr Raab.

The outgoing Brexit Secretary said the Government had gone further than it should have in the negotiations, in a "dangerous strategy".